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JJ

JJ is the initialism of Josephson junction.

JJ is the plural of J.

Meaning of Josephson junction

Noun

Josephson junction (plural Josephson junctions)

  1. A weak insulating barrier between two superconductors, used as an ultrafast switch.

Meaning of J

Noun

J (plural Js or J's or JJ)

  1. (slang) (plural Js or J's) A marijuana cigarette (abbreviation of joint).
    • I stepped outside to smoke myself a J.1980 July, Paul Simon, “Late in the Evening”, in One-Trick Pony
  2. In the name of a serial publication: abbreviation of Journal.
    • "Custody or upbringing" is regarded as including access; yet in B. v. B. & F. above no regard was paid to the welfare of the infants which was irrelevant to the particular issue with which the court was concerned—namely whether children were "children of the family". But the effect was to deprive...1969, The Law Commission, Family Law: Report on Financial Provision in Matrimonial Proceedings (Law Com. No. 25), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, →OCLC, paragraph 29, note 57
  3. (in plural, slang) (plural Js or J's) an Air Jordan shoe
    • Don't pay no mind, Antwon, it's just an angry-ass J...2022 December 21, Ghetto Smosh, 1:57 from the start, in MY J’S CAN TALK!?!?, via YouTube, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023

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Proper noun

JJ

  1. (UK) A male given name, often short for Jacob or Joshua.

Forms of JJ

pluralJJs

Questions about JJ

What does JJ mean?
JJ means a male given name, often short for Jacob or Joshua.
What is JJ the initialism of?
JJ is the initialism of Josephson junction.
What part of speech is JJ?
JJ is a proper noun.

Words near JJ in the dictionary

  1. jizzum
  2. jizzums
  3. jizzwad
  4. jizzwads
  5. jizzy
  6. JJ
  7. JJ.
  8. jjajangmyeon
  9. jjamppong
  10. jjapaguri
  11. JJBA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: JJ (page history and authors); Josephson junction (page history and authors); J (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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